Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
AMBROSE BIERCEFear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
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Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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